Parole sittin' on the dock of the bay

Sitting in the morning sun

I'll be sitting when the evening comes

Watching the ships roll in

And I watch 'em roll away again


[Refrain]

Sitting on the dock of the bay

Watching the tide roll away

I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay

Wasting time


I left my home in Georgia

Headed for the 'Frisco bay

'Cause I had nothin to live for

And look like nothing's gonna come my way


So I'm just...

[Refrain]


Look like nothing's gonna change

Everything still remains the same

I can't do what ten people tell me to do

So I guess I'll remain the same


Sittin here resting my bones

And this loneliness won't leave me alone

It's two thousand miles I roamed

Just to make this dock my home


Now, I'm just...